Monday, February 23, 2015
Ethos in photo
The subjects in the photo are a good representation of the type of people who protested the Vietnam War. The two men in the front are young so they were eligible to get drafted. They have personal credibility and a reason to protest because they are personally experiencing the draft (both are holding draft cards). The men are also dressed plainly, nothing extravagant, so they live in a non-materialistic manner that the hippies aimed for. The women in the background also display personal credibility because it can be assumed that they have a loved one who is affected by the war. Their spouse, family member or friend could have been drafted and then served in Vietnam only to be killed in combat. All the visible faces in the picture are younger people, so it is likely that they are hippies because it was a youth movement and they are all against the violent war. The "Make Love Not War" poster is advocating peace, which the hippies valued greatly.
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I like your analysis because you took it far beyond just the image and you went and looked at each person in the image. I just had a question about the women's ethos. Can you describe how the women show that their loved ones are in the war from just the picture? I didn't quite get that from your post. Otherwise everything is great!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say that the women in this photo are necessarily hippies just because they are participating in this protest. In my opinion, I feel as though that anyone would protest the war if they had a loved one fighting in it. Maybe expand a little more about why the women are hippies. But, other than that I liked your analysis! (I also find it really funny that the guy in the War Protests in the 1960s photos looks really similar to the silhouetted guy in the poster you posted above)
ReplyDeleteI actually didn't even realize that hahaha good point Charith!
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